Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station

Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction railway station (station code: MEJ) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves Maniyachchi, located in Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

History
The station is named after the Tamil freedom fighter Vanchinathan and was the site of assassination of the British Collector, Robert Ashe. Today the station is a significant station in the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway Zone, one of the six divisions established within the Southern Railway zone others being Chennai, Tiruchchirappalli, Salem, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram. A notification regarding a change in name has been issued by Southern Railway on 26-10-1988

Location and layout
The station is located on the Ottantham-Maniyachchi Road at a distance of 30 km from Thoothukudi, its district headquarters. The following three lines connect the station
 * BG single line towards the north via Virudhunagar Junction.
 * BG single line towards the south via Tirunelveli Junction.
 * BG single line towards the east to Thoothukudi.

Performance and earnings
For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was inr 30015508 and daily earnings was inr 82234. For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 192,651 and daily count was 528. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 816.